This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of the internet are under attack, soon we will hear from the ceos of three of the most prominent internet platforms, facebook, google and twitter, with this is include mr. Jack dorsey of twitter, of alphabet inc. And mr. Marx a burger facebook. On october 1 this committee voted on a bipartisan and unanimous basis to approve the issuance of subpoenas after discussions among representatives of the companies witnesses agreed to attend it voluntarily and remotely the stronger agreement on both sides of the aisle t
[inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Ms. Cantwell will join us remotely at the beginning of the hearing. We convene to continue work to make sure the laws that govern it are sufficiently uptodate the internet is a Great Success story thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure that we cannot take that for granted and with those prominent internet platforms the witnesses include mr. Jack dorsey. And Mark Zuckerberg of facebook. On october 1st the committee voted on bipartisan and unanimous basis to approve the issuance of subpoenas after discussions among representatives and the Committee Witnesses have agreed to voluntarily and remotely appear there is a strong agreement on both sides of these aisled that hearing frm these witnesses with those deliberations before this committee with legislative reformss with a free and open internet i was 25 years it has been the hallmark of a driving Digital Economy in the United States this has been attributed b
Eastern on cspans q a. Ceos of facebook, twitter and google appeared virtually at a Senate Commerce hitting Senate Commerce hearing. Republicans question whether the companies were censoring conservative viewpoints while democrats raised concerns about the spread of misinformation. Throughout the hearing, there were several references to section 230 of the committee occasions decency act, which shields social Media Companies from liability for content posted on their sites. This is three and a half hours. This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of t
Corruption in College Basketball. The picture pained by the charges brought today is not a pretty one. Federal authorities make several arrests including coaches, Financial Advisor and Sneaker Company executives. How the fbi satisfies they were taking advantage of college athletes. Alex is here. Bob is here. I think im here and sue is in collingswood, new jersey, sue. Hey, mike, alex. No bones about it. Ah. The coffee here in groove ground cafe is to die for. Were going batty here [ [ laughter ] its great because a lot of folk are coming out and donating great items for auction tonight and plus giving money to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. More details on all that coming up. Lets get to number of the da day. Which is nine out of ten. And its another day well be pretty warm and humid. But former hurricane Tropical Storm now maria is in the process of making that turn today towards the northeast. So it will become less and less of factor in weather. If youre in dell dl you may see
Sea. We also have hurricane lee staying well into open waters of atlantic. Preezy right now. Winds sustained 16 miles an hour. 12 miles an hour winds and pottstown 10 miles an hour winds and temperatures low 70s in philadelphia. 60s dotting map norm and west. Heres bottom line for today. Sunshine, but a little blustery. High temperatures topping out around 76 degrees. Bob kelly good morning. Scott. Good morning, problems continue for motorists in Chester County. Heres a live look at accident cleanup investigation here on 30 bypass. Overnight accident fatal crash involving vehicle that was reportedly going the wrong way on the bypass. After midnight this morning. Right near route 28. Everybody bailing off through Chester County. Look at speedometer rate readings. 6 miles an hour on roadways not built for all that traffic. So, all jammed up here. East on the bypass. Where traffic is forced off route 32 and then pushed into Chester County. And where you have two different omss. If you stu